Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D., is a Research Associate in
Linguistics and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of
Communication Disorders at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics is from
the University of Miami. She has over twenty years of research
experience in the fields of language acquisition and bilingualism
and did ground-breaking work on bilingual acquisition and
assessment with her research group at the
University of Miami. Those studies of bilingual infants and
children have been published in the book Language and Literacy in
Bilingual Children. Most recently, Barbara Zurer Pearson worked on
the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV), a project
to develop an innovative language assessment for children funded by
the National Institutes of Health.
“A timely and well-written book! … [It] helps parents prepare their
children for the future….”
--J. Kevin Nugent, Ph.D., Director, The Brazelton Institute,
Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard University; Professor, Child
and Family Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“This book is sure to become a classic! … Parents should appreciate
this important book. Pearson … inspire[s] all of us to celebrate
the richness of linguistic diversity in our lives.”
--Kenji Hakuta, Ph.D., Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education,
Stanford University, Author of Mirror of Language: The Debate on
Bilingualism
“This is a book that inspires confidence that the choice of
bilingualism is a good one for parents, for children, and for our
society.”
--Donna Christian, Ph.D., President, Center for Applied
Linguistics, Washington D.C.
“Pearson has used her keen insights about the issues that parents
are concerned about to paint an in-depth and interesting-to-read
handbook.”
--Fred Genesee, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, McGill University,
Co-author of Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched
Education
“Barbara Pearson' s [book] is a wonderfully written, sparkling
composite of research results, personal narratives, practical
advice, and wise enthusiasm for the project of bilingualism
[…].”
--Thomas Roeper, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Author of The Prism of Gramma
“I thoroughly agree with the author’s insights and recommendations
which are both research-based and flexible and comprehensive enough
to accommodate different family situations.”
--Lourdes C. Rovira, Ed.D., Associate Superintendent, Curriculum
and Instructional Support, Miami-Dade County Public
Schools
“I enjoyed reading Raising a Bilingual Child and found it
informative and accessible.”
--Chris Rosenberg, Principal, Starr King Elementary School, San
Francisco
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